Butifarra glossary
The words you hear at the table, in alphabetical order, with the Catalan term players use. Each one has its own link, in case you want to share it.
- Ace (as)
- Beat (matar)
- Butifarra
- Contro
- Delegate (delegar)
- Follow suit (assistir)
- Game (partida)
- Hand (mà)
- Jack (sota)
- King (rei)
- Knight (cavall)
- Lliure (western)
- Manilla
- Obligada (eastern)
- Recontro
- Ruff (fallar)
- Suit (pal)
- Trick (basa)
- Trumps (trumfo)
- Ace (as)
- The 1 of each suit. The second strongest card, after the manilla, worth 4 points. More detail
- Beat (matar)
- To play a card that wins the trick. Compulsory when your partner is not winning. More detail
- Butifarra
- The no-trumps call: the hand is played with no suit ruling and everything counts double. It is also the name of the game. More detail
- Contro
- What the opponents of the caller can say: the hand counts double. More detail
- Delegate (delegar)
- When the dealer does not want to choose, they pass the decision to their partner, who chooses trumps or calls butifarra. More detail
- Follow suit (assistir)
- To play a card of the suit that was led. Compulsory if you have one. More detail
- Game (partida)
- The series of hands until one partnership reaches the agreed target: 36, 51 or 101. More detail
- Hand (mà)
- Each deal, from the first trick to the twelfth, with its scoring. A game has several hands. More detail
- Jack (sota)
- The 10 of each suit. Worth 1 point. More detail
- King (rei)
- The 12 of each suit. Worth 3 points. More detail
- Knight (cavall)
- The 11 of each suit. Worth 2 points. More detail
- Lliure (western)
- The variant where, if you cannot beat the trick, you play any card you like. More detail
- Manilla
- The 9 of each suit. The strongest card in the suit, above the ace, worth 5 points. Being dealt all four manillas is quite an event: on iPhone it is an in-game achievement. More detail
- Obligada (eastern)
- The variant where, if you cannot beat the trick, you must play your lowest card of the suit. More detail
- Recontro
- The caller's answer to a contro: the hand doubles again. With butifarra it can reach ×8. More detail
- Ruff (fallar)
- To play a trump when you have no cards of the suit led. Compulsory if an opponent is winning the trick. More detail
- Suit (pal)
- Each of the four groups of the Spanish deck: coins, cups, swords and clubs. More detail
- Trick (basa)
- The four cards played in a round, one per player. Whoever wins it takes it and scores 1 point on top of the card points. A hand has 12 tricks. More detail
- Trumps (trumfo)
- The suit that rules a hand: any trump beats the cards of the other suits. Chosen by the dealer, or by their partner if the dealer delegates. More detail